Musk has long been an advocate of free speech, previously saying, "free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy."

A Milwaukee TV station has fired a meteorologist who accused Elon Musk of making a Nazi salute at the inauguration. "Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE," WDJT-TV weather forecaster Sam Kuffel wrote on her Instagram account Tuesday alongside a picture of Musk,

Elon Musk referenced Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders in a social media post filled with puns early Thursday.

Several hundred subreddits are considering a ban on all X links after Elon Musk's hand gesture at President Donald Trump's Inauguration rally was likened to a Nazi salute, a day after a local TV meteorologist was fired for criticizing Musk's actions on her personal social media.

A Milwaukee weather reporter has reportedly been let go by her station after condemning Elon Musk's arm gesture during Donald Trump's inauguration. Some have compared the action to a Nazi salute. Reports claim that CBS 58 staff were notified in an email from news director Jessie Garcia that Sam Kuffel "is no longer employed" at the station.

President Donald Trump's close ally, tech billionaire Elon Musk, caused an explosion of controversy on the day of Trump's swearing-in by repeatedly making an arm gesture that social media commentators and historians compared to a Nazi salute.